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- MACHINE FOR WINDING WADS FOR PAPER GARTRIIEDGES.

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MAGEINE FOR WINDINGjWADS FOR PAPER CARTRIDGES.

No. 393,028. Patenteil Nov. 20, 1888.

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MACHINE FOR WINDING WADS FOR PAPER CARTRIDGES. No. 393,028. Patented Nov. 20, 1888.

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"WILLIAM .erLAen, orwnsr HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOB TO THE AMERICAN BUCKLE AND oAarnILu'n eo rANv, or SAME PLACE.

ACHINE FOR WINDING wane Foe PAPER CARTRIDGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of'fiettere Patent No. 393.028,'dated November 20,1888.

Application filed August 1, 1887.

To aZZ whom it may cancern:

1 Be it known that I, WILLIAM'B. PLACE, residing at West Haven, in the county of New Haven and Stateol' Connecticut, have invented 5 certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Wiudi ng Wads for Paper Cartridges; and I do'declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw- 1 ings, which form a part of this specification.

My invent-ion relates to an improved machine for winding wads for paper cartridges, the object being to produce a simple, compact, and durable machine having a large car tpaeity for work and adapted operated and repaired.

With these ends in view my invention con- "sists in a machine having certain details of construction and'combinatious of parts, as will 2Q be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

'In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view,partly in side. elevation and partly in verticallongitudinal section, of one form which 2 a machine embodying my invention may assume. Fig. 2 is aview ofthe machine in front elevation with the tube-carrying dial, the box, plunger, wad-winding shaft, and their attachments removed, the arm H being broken away 0' behind the double cam to show the pulleys at the back of themachine. Fig. 3isa view ofthemachine,partly in plan and part] yin sectiou,on the line a b of the preceding figure, being broken away justback of theforward upright. Fig. 4 5 is adetached view in inside elevation of the box with the die-holder in place therein. Fig.6 is a,similar view'in side elevation of the box and die-holder. Fig.6 is'a reverse plan view of lh'cgrooved bearing, box,die-holder, die, plum o ger,wad-windingspindie,and oscillatlng knife, the forward upright being shown in section and the rotary collar with trippingfiuger by broken lines. Fig. 7 is a detached view in side elevation of theplunger. Fig. Sis a simi- 5 lar view of the spring wad-remover. Fig. 9 is a reverse plan view of the lower end of the plunger. Fig. 10 is a sir-.zilar view of the lower end of the wad-remover. Fig. 11. is a do taehed view in side elevation of the die-ho1der. Fig. 12 is a reverse plan view thereof. Fig.

to be easily Serial No. 245,844. (h 0 model.)

13 is a detached view in side elevation of th die. Fig..l4.- is a reverse plan view thereo Fig. 15 is-a detached view in sideelevation of the wad-winding shaft. Fig. 16in a reverse plan view of the lower end thereof. Fig. 17 5 is a detached view in side elevation of the wad-winding spindle, and Fig. 18 is a reverse plan view thereof.

The parts shown in Figs. 4 to 18, inclusive, are shown one-third larger than in the other views.

The bed A of the machine is provided upon its upper face with a forward transverse-upright, B, and a similar rear upright, G, as shown. A driving-shaft, D, havingbearing in the upper ends of the said uprights,earries a doubie cam composed of the parts E and F. at its forward end, a hand-wheel, G, for manually turniug the shaft, a beveled gear, H, a loose pulley, I, through which the shaft is driven, and a grooved coned sleeve, J, en gaged by the fork K. of bell-crank lever, L, connected by a rod, M, with a footdever, (not shown,) the said sleeve operating through an arm, 0, to couple the saidpulley with the shaft, from which the pulley is uncoupled by a spring,

P, withdrawing the sleeve from the said arm. The part Eof the said double cam is provided in its outer face with a cam-slot, Q, receiving a pin, R, projecting inwardly from a head, S, located at the upper end of a plunger, '1, reciprocating in a vertical chamber formed by a semicireulat groove, U, (see Fig. 2,) formed in the face V of a bearing, W, extending forward from the outer face of the forward up- 8 right, B, and by a similar groove, X, (see Fig. 4,)formed in the inner face of a boX,Y,secured to such bearing and provided with upright shoulders Z Z, entering corresponding recesses, A A, formed in the said face of the 0 hearing. The said plunger is provided upon its inner face with a longitudinal slot, B,recciving a spline, G, located in a vertical slot, D, formed in the face of the bearing W- aforesaid and held in place therein by a screw, E, 9 5 the said spline guiding the plunger and preventing it from turning.

A- vertical rotary wad-winding shaft, 'F,e gtends into the longitudinal opening i of the plunger, which reciprocates over it, such shaft" I00 r on a pivotal arm, U, engages with the belt K ing its lower end split, as at W, to receive right, B,a nd prevented from ,endwise, move .1nent byja7colla r, I, located below the arm and 1 will be adjusted sothat when the wadwinding shaft is stopped, as will be hereinafter explained, the pulley L will slip and leave the belt K and pulley J practicallyidle, whereby being suspended from an arm, H, secured to and'extending forward from the forward Lupand a pulley, J, located above the same. A belt, K, running over such pulley, also runs over a pulley, L, mounted on a vertical shaft, M, located in the upper end of a heavy standard, N,'sceu-red to the rear end of the bedof the machine. A'friction-disk, 0, couples the pulley L with a pulley,l mounted on the same shaft therewith and carrying av belt, Q, run-v ning over two inclined pulleys,R' R, mounted in an extension, S, of the standard; and also overadriving-pulley. (Notshown,butadapted to impart a high rate of speed to the wadwinding shaft.) An idle-pulley, '1", mounted and preserves the same in proper tension. The friction-coupling between the pulleys L the belt will be prevented from slipping upon the pulley J and burning out.

A removable wad-winding spindle, V, havthe end of the stock-strip X, (see Fig. 1,) is

securedin a bore, Y, formed in thelower end of the .wad-winding shaft.

A cylindrical die, Z, havinga circular opening, A, corresponding to the exterior diameter of the wads to be wound, is provided at its lower end with four vertical slots, B B

B B", and as many straight cutting'e'dges, C,

and retreating clearance-spaces I)", the slots and spaces admitting the stock-strip to the said spindle, with which the die is concentric.

By providing the die with four slots, as described, four cutting-edges are secured for it,

whereby it may be four times changed in position, as the edges are dulled, before removing it for sharpening them.

' A cylindrical shiftable die-h'older,E having a central opening, F", receives therein the die aforesaid,and is provided at its lower end with four vertical equidistant. curved clearanceslots, G G" l G", arranged in alignment with the slots of the die and shaped to give clearance to the knife ll", working against the cuttingedges of the die, which is securedin the holder by a screw, 1', entering the lower end of the box Y and then passing through the holder at a point above the slots. The lower end of the said dieholder depends below the-bearing W and box Y, while its upper end extends into a chamber formed by offsetting the lower end of the groove U, as at J (see-Fig. 2,) and similarly offsetting the groove X, as at K", 'as shown by Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings. It is secured in place by removable pins L L and is adapted by its provision with four slots to be shifted either with or independent of the die and used in four positions. The plunger extends into and plays in the upper end of the said holder, the slots of which assist in guidbeen described.

ing and giving right direction to the stocks'trip. l

cylindricalspring wad remo'ver, M, having a central longitudinal "opening,"N adapting it to receive the Wad-winding spindle V, over which it reciprocates, is provided at its upper end with a threaded taper, O", entering a similartapering and threaded counterbore, P, formed in the lower, end of the plunger, its

'lower end being adapted to play in the die aforesaid. The said remover is provided with four equidistant vertical slots, 0 O OO, ad-

mitting the stock-'stripj X to the spindle V, and extending from its lower end up into the taper 0, whereby the removermay be contracted by screwing it into the plunger or ex- 'panded byunscrewing it therefrom, adapting it to be compensated for wear and to be conformed within limits to the sizes of the wads.' The arrangement of the slots in the remover also adapts it to be shifted and used in four positions, the slots of the remover, die, and dieholder being always set in alignment with the slot W in the lower end of the wad-winding spindle.

Normally the wad-winding shaft F is rotated by its driving-connections,which have already It is stopped, however, by

the friction developed between the die and the .wad wound upon the spindle, and subsequently 7 positively coupled-with the plunger by atwopart clutch composed-of a stationary head or collar, Q secured to the head '8, and liaving projections R upon its lower face anda movai ble rotary head or collar, T", having pr0jections U 2 upon its upper face and mounted-upon the rod to which it is connected by a pin, V playing in a longitudinal slot, W, formed in too the rod upon which the collar moves, the part 1 T. being supported and in part. operated bya spiral spring, X, located in a chamber, Y, formed in the'uppenend of the plunger and interposed between the movable collar and the bottom of such chamber. r

The bevel-gear H aforesaid meshesinto a similar gear, Z supported upon an arm, A", projecting from the outer face of the upright O and secured to the upper end of an upright shaft, D extending below the bed of the machine and provided with a bevel gear,,.E"-,

meshing into a similar gear, F inountedion a horizontal shaft, G supported in bearingsri' H, depending from the bed of the machine and providedwith abevel-gear, l, meshing into a similar gear, J located at the lower end of an upright shaft, K, extending beside- A horizontal feed; cam, L, located upon the'upper end of the said shaft K and having its acting-edge ser the bearing W, as shown.

rated, engages wit-hthe end of the stock-strip X, which travels through a guideway, lid, secured to the bed of the machine and receiving the strip from a slot, N, formed in the flange O of ahorizontal disk, I, carrying the stockcoil and supported upon an arm, Q, as shown.

A knife, H for severing the wad from the strip, is attached to a horizontal-'cutter-heafi',

S", secured to the lower endhof. a short oseiltionary part thereof, so that they remain lating shaft, T, mounted in the bearing V7, the said cutter-head being provided with a finger, U which is engaged by a finger, V,

formed upon a collar, W secured to the power-- driven shaft K before mentioned, whereby the knife will be advanced once for every revolutionof the shaft K ,.and hence of the feed cam. A spring, X eccentrically connected with the upper end of the shaft T, operates to oscillate the shaft T, and so automatically retire the knife after it has done its work.

the head S, is provided at its outer end with a sleeve, Z receiving a rod, A, free to play in such sleeve and provided at its lower end with a wedge, B, between which and the said sleeve is interposed a spiral spring, 0, permitting the wedge to yield. The wedge is provided for expanding and uniforming the upper ends of the paper tubes D, which are manually supplied to a horizontal dial,.E", mounted upon the bed of the machine, so that its edge will be rotated under the winding and ejecting mechanism explained.

The dial is advanced step by step to successively bring its tubes under the plunger by the engagement with a ratchet, F, formed in its lower'edge, of a spring-actuated pawl, G, pivoted to a slide, H, inclosed in a box or hearing, 1, extending transversely across the bed of the machine and parallel with and at the foot of the forward upright, B.

A lever, J, positively operating the slide for advancing the dial, is connected at its lower end with such slide fulcrnmed midway of its length to the outer face of the forward upright upon a stud, K, and provided at its upper end with a roll, L, engaging with the camperiphery of the part F ot the double cam. A spring, M, having one end attached to the rear end of the slide and the other end to an- .arm, N, operates to retract the slide to bring the pawl into position to engage with another tooth of the ratchet F before mentioned.

Having set forth in detail the construction of my improved machine, I will now proceed to describe the mode of its operation.

Let it be assumed, for convenience, that a wad has just been woundand introduced into a tube and thatthe several parts of the machine are in posilion for a repetition of the operation. -In the first place, then, the feed-cam L engagesits serrated edge'with the end of the stock-strip and feeds the strip forward,

its free end passing through the aligned slots of the die-holder, the die, the wad-remover, and the wad-winding spindle. As soon as the strip has been advanced and entered, as described, the part E of the double cam lifts the plunger T, thereby withdrawing the wad-re mover out of the dieand clearing the same .l'or thewad and lilting the stationary collar Qof the two-part clutch, the parts whereof are at this time engaged. The spiral'spring X however, lifts the movable part of the clutch as rapidly as the plunger lifts the stacoupled until j ust before the plunger oompletes its upstroke, when the pin V engages with the upper wall of the slot W and stops the mov- -able collar, from which the stationary collar is now disengaged by the completion of the upstroke of theplunger. Thcclutchbeingbroken, the wadwinding shaft is rotated with great rapidity. The feed-cam in the timing efthe parts being now out of the way, the spindle draws in the stock-strip freely and rapidly y winds the wad,wh'ich when con'iplcte'd engages A bent r rm, Y secured to the outer face of with the walls of the die with the development of so much friction that the shaft is stopped.

The fin er V now enga es With the ill crU g g locatedupon the cutter-head, and swr-lgs the knife H through the adjacent curved clearanee'slot of the die-holder and cuts the strip on the adjacent euttingedge of the die. This done, the said fingers are disengaged,when the spring X at once swings the head and knife. out of the way into retirement. The plunger is now started on its downward stroke by the double cam, and almost immediately engages the collar Q with the collar '1 and couples the plunger and wad-winding shaft, which are already frictionally coupled by the wad which is still in the die. After this the two collars remain in engagement while the plunger completes itsdownstroke'and until just before it reaches the limit of its next succeeding npstroke. As the plunger descends, the wad-removerenters the die and gradually forces the wad therefrom and into the tube then under 'the die, the wad being, in fact, stripped from oil the spindle which has no endwise movement. As soon as the wad has been removed from the spindle and the same relieved from friction, the shaft is sufficiently rotated by its driving-connections to engage the projections of the collars if they were not properly engaged when the coupling took place, such projections being arranged so that when engaged the slot in the spindle isin alignment with the end of the stock-strip. The strip is now fed forward as before, the plunger elevated, the wad-winding shaftuneoupled for rotation, the wad wound and cut off, the shaft stopped by friction, the plunger-depressed, the clutch recoupled, the wad removed and introduced into a tube brought under it by th of the dial, and so on, It wil thus be seen that the Wad is wound during the short period wherein the winding-shaft is uncoupled and occurring at the upstroke of the plunger.

The plunger being actuated directly from the shaft andpositively in both directions under my invention, the machine may be timed very closely in this aswell as in other respects.

ltis apparent thal'lsome change may be made in the machine as herein shown, and I would therefore have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exact construction shown and dc ad v aneement scribed, but hold myself at liberty-to make Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is' v 1. In a machine for winding wads, the com: bi nation, with a driving-shaft, of a cam secured thereto, a plunger connected directly with and positively actuated by such. cam, and an intermittently-rotated wad-windingspindle, substantially asset forth. 7. 2. In a machine for winding wads, the combination, with a plunger and a wad-winding spindle, of a die having more than one cutting- ;edge and adapted to be shifted in 5. In a machine for winding wads, the oom-.

bination, with a p'lungerand a wad-winding spindle, of a die, an oscillating knife, and a rotary finger for operating the same, substantially as set forth;

6. In a machine for winding wads, the combination, with wad-winding mechanism, of a cutter secured toan oscillating cutter-head provided with a finger, a rotary feedcam, and

afinger rotating therewith and engaging with the finger of the cutter-head, substantially as set forth.

- die, and a slotted die-holder, the slots of the 7. In a machine for winding wads. the combination, with a plunger and a wad-winding spindle, of a slotted die, a die-holder provided with curved clearance-slots, and an oscillating knife, substantially as set forth.

8. In a machine for winding wads, the combination, with a plunger and a. wad-winding spindle, of a removable wad-remover, substantially as set forth.

9; In a machine for winding wads, the combination, with a plunger and a wad-winding spindle, of a removable shiftable wadremover, substantially as set forth.

10; In a machine for winding wads, the combination, with a plunger and a wadwvinding spindle, of an expansible andcontractile wadremover, substantially as set forth. v

11. In a machine for winding wads, the combination, with a plunger and a-wad-winding spindle, of a w,ad;remover having a-threaded taper at its upper end and slotted from its lower end up into such taper, which screws into the lower end of the plunger, substantially as set forth.-

12. In a machine for winding wads, the combination, with a plunger, a slottedwad-winding spindle, a slotted wad-remover, a slotted slotted parts being arranged in alignment-,sub stantially as set forth.

13. In a machine for winding'wads,

bination, with a plungeryof a wad-winding. spindle-and a rotary coupling for such plunger and spindle located within the former, substantially asset forth. 14. In a machine for winding wads, the combination, with a plunger, of a wad-winding spindle, a coupling for such plunger and spindle located within the plunger, anda spring located within the plunger and maintaining the coupling, substantially as set forth. 15. In a machinefor winding wads, the combination, with a vertical plunger and a wadwinding spindle, of a two-part clutch having one part fixed-t0 the plunger and the other part movabl y connected with the spindle, and a spring for sustaining the two parts of the clutch in engagement duringa portion of the time that the plunger is on itsupstroke, substantiall y as set forth.

16. In a machine for winding wads, the combination, with a vertical plunger and a wad winding shaft provided with an elongated .slot, ofa two-part clutch, of which one part is fixed to the plunger and the other movably mounted upon the shaft, a pin located in the slot in the shaft and limiting the movement of the movable clutch part mounted thereupon, and a spring located in achamber in the plunger and sustaining the two parts of the clutch in engagement during aportion ofthe time that the plungeris on its upstroke, set forth.

17. In a machine for Winding wads, the combination, with a bed, of a shaft parallel therewith, a cam located at one end of such shaft, a plunger actuated directly from such cam,.a wad-windingspin'dle,astrip-cutter,andastripfeed and gearing from the shaft to the feed and located in part under the bed of the ma chine, substantially as set forth. 18. In a machine for winding wads, the comsubstantially as bination, with a plunger .and a wad-winding spindle, of a wedge connected with the plunger for expanding the upper ends of thetube, substantially as set forth.

19. In a machine for winding wads, the combination, with a plunger and a wad-winding spindle, of a'spring or yielding wedge for expanding the upper ends of the tubes connected with the plunger, substantially as set forth.

20. In a machine for winding wads, the combination, with aplunger and a wad-winding spindle, ofan arm connected with the plunger, an upright rod mounted to slide in the outer end of such arm and provided at its.

lower,end witha wedge for expanding the tubes, and a spring interposed between such arm and wedge, si ibstantially as set forth.

21, In a machine for winding wads, the combination, with a' plunger, of a' wad-winding shaftextendinginto it, a wad-winding spindle located at the lower end of such shaft, a removablewad-remover located at the lower end of theplunger, a die-holder, and aremovable die, substantially as set forth. j 2 2.- In,a. n1achinefor winding wads, the combination,.withan,upright, of wad winding IlO mechanism secured thereto, a dial, a pawl for 1 cates, a dial having a circular ratchet apitwl advancing thesame step bystep, aslidelocated' engaging with such ratchet, and a lever actu- 15 at the foot oi'the upright under the winding ated bythe-other part of said cam and conmechanism transverse to the bed of the manected with and actuating such paw], substanchine and having the pawl pivoted to it, and tially as set forth.

a lever pivoted to the face of the upright and In testimony whereof 1 have signed this connected to the slide, which it actuates in specification in the presence of two subscrib- 20 one direction, substantially as set forth. ing witnesses.

23. In a. machine for winding wads, the combination, with a driving-shaft, of a double cam located atone end thereof, aplunger connected i directly with one part of such cam, a wadwinding shaft overwhich the plunger recipro- \VILLIAM: B. PLACE.

Witnesses:

lass. B. 'SHUMWAY, O. L. SWAN, J r. 

